Notepad 12fx Clipping/Peaking on Mac and iPad Pro
PeaMunny
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I’ve noticed audio clipping when playing USB audio from my Mac and iPad Pro. It’s quite significant on the iPad Pro. Has anyone experienced this?
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I have the same problem on macOS (I dont have an iPad). the clipping is the most annoying on facetime calls. My workaround is to turn dow the volume a little bit on itunes. (and basically everywhere else there is a volume bar)
The interesting thing is, when playing music with audirvana, the sound is good. Audirvana hijacks the audio output.
So I have no ideai where is the problem. Maybe there is a problem on macos/ios side sending too high audio signal, I dont know, but it would be great, if there was a proper solution.
That’s what I’ve encountered too. In Apple Music on my MacBook Pro I have turned down the pre-gain inside the EQ settings. This helped. I didn’t try my iPad yet. Does the clipping via iPad occurs when listening to iTunes/Apple Music or does it also happen when you’re in a iOS DAW or synth? I hope there’s a solution for this.
The most annoying when making a phone call with facetime app through my iphone. In facetime app there is no volume/gain control.
I get this when audio is being playing from youtube on my Mac, so I have to trim the youtube player. I don’t think the issue occurs when using a DAW.
Yes, I have this issue on Mac OS playing audio back results in clipping sometimes, it seems to me to be particularly for streamed audio and when playing more than source at once. Gaining down the volume on sources can fix this but that isn't always an option. Frustrating how limited the USB interface control settings are – feels like a simple gain reduction would solve this.
Is there an official website for reporting bugs? Unfortunately everything is the sam for me, even after several OS updates and having an other macbook
Was this ever resolved? Having the same issue...really annoying!
I have the same problem with my iMac Catalina.
The return signal from the computer on Ch 9/10 is too high.
Soundcraft needs to fix that. It blows my Genelec off.
Horrible distortion. There must be an option in the control panel software to reduce the return level.
It will. You have to work always with a Brickwall limiter in the sum.
Unfortunately, there’s no reply from Harman whatsoever. The issue still persists and it is ridiculous that the company doesn’t offer any solutions to this problem. I’ve bought a regular audio interface so that I can work normally. I use the Soundcraft mixer sometimes, but not as an audio interface. The amount of clipping and distortion it puts out is not far from damaging my expensive studio monitors. Sure, the Notepad 12 FX is quite affordable, but that doesn’t mean it should be neglected by the manufacturer when any issues are being reported. It’s a shame. If Soundcraft/Harman don’t come up with any solutions and/or fixes, then I’m done with this manufacturer. Instead of buying this mixer, you can flush the same amount of money down the toilet. Results are the same.
I have this same issue - came out of nowhere....any updates?
Hey - I found a driver called Background Music on my iMac. Removed it - problem fixed!!!!!!!
Disregard my last comment - didn't fix it, but I did figure out if you go into Audio Midi Setup and click on Notepad-12FX then change from 48.0 kHz to 44 - it clears the problem up.
I’ll try this out for streaming content.
The harsh noise occurs in a DAW (mac or iOS) when I go over 0dB - what happens on other audio interfaces when people do this accidentally? it should fail more gracefully with its own brickwall normally.